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Hoeing

The procedural move opens up a spot on San Diego’s 40-man roster for newly added free agent Lucas Giolito. The 29-year-old reliever is expected to miss the entire season recovering from flexor tendon surgery.

The move is merely a formality since Hoeing will miss the entire season recovering from flexor tendon surgery. He’ll be shifted to the 60-day injured list at some point to free up a spot on San Diego’s 40-man roster.

It’s a terrible break for the 29-eyar-old hurler who appeared to have a terrific shot at securing a spot in the Padres’ Opening Day bullpen. Instead, he’ll make around the league minimum while rehabbing for the duration of the 2026 season and could wind up being a non-tender candidate next winter.

For the second straight season, it appears that Hoeing will open the season on the injured list. The Padres are optimistic it isn’t a serious injury, but it makes sense that they’ll take the necessary precautions. Once healthy, Hoeing should work in the middle innings for the San Diego bullpen.

Hoeing returns to the minors after compiling a solid 3.38 ERA across eight innings (seven appearances) for San Diego since returning from the injured list back in late June. The 28-year-old righty figures to return at some point in August.

Hoeing will make his 2025 debut whenever the Padres use him, as he has missed all of the campaign with a right shoulder injury. The 28-year-old should be a middle-inning option for San Diego now that he’s healthy enough to operate in such a role.

It was the sixth rehab appearance for Hoeing, who has been on the IL since the beginning of the year with a shoulder strain. The Padres could add him to their pen next week, but since he has two option years left, they do have flexibility if they want to send him down.

The procedural move frees up a spot on San Diego’s 40-man roster. The 28-year-old righty has been out since spring training recovering from a shoulder strain.

Hoeing remains without a return timetable after being shut down last month with shoulder soreness.

The Padres claim they are simply bringing the 28-year-old hurler along cautiously and they still think that he’ll be ready to open the regular season as the long man in their bullpen. While the idea sounds good in theory, if he doesn’t get on a mound soon, he simply won’t have enough time to build up in order to make that happen.